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News | National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois

Take a tour of Blue Waters, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world! In conjunction with Engineering Open House, you can visit the supercomputer any time between 9a and 3p on Saturday, March 14.
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A $20 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be used to develop computer tools to help local governments decide how to invest resources to lessen the impact of extreme weather and other hazards.
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Foley, a U of I professor of astronomy and physics, studies exploding stars and other celestial transient objects. He discovered and characterized Type Iax supernovae and uses Type Ia supernovae to measure the expansion and investigate the content of the universe.
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Patrick Reed's study, published this month in Physical Review Letters, found that satellite-based flood prediction has weak spots, which could lead to major flooding that catches people by surprise.
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NCSA visualization expert Donna Cox will be a member of a panel discussion about the art and science of transforming astrophysics data into cinematic movie sequences at the South by Southwest conference in March.
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